diff --git a/package/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.hash b/package/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.hash
index d5e5740eb4..2d6e78cadb 100644
--- a/package/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.hash
+++ b/package/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Locally calculated after checking pgp signature
-sha256	7d0bd23f5d74b3a6b26a75d5ffcf9db81d461b47cbe578cb65a83a98008600b1	dnsmasq-2.72.tar.xz
+sha256	0bff81103e53fcab3a3c4d0fd6df1882f9446dca4fa74ff8270e1d2ab872d8f6	dnsmasq-2.73.tar.xz
diff --git a/package/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.mk b/package/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.mk
index 4b0999b3ba..13352a945d 100644
--- a/package/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.mk
+++ b/package/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-DNSMASQ_VERSION = 2.72
+DNSMASQ_VERSION = 2.73
 DNSMASQ_SOURCE = dnsmasq-$(DNSMASQ_VERSION).tar.xz
 DNSMASQ_SITE = http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq
 DNSMASQ_MAKE_ENV = $(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) CC="$(TARGET_CC)"